Oil pipelines and public policy: analysis of proposal for industry reform and reorgnization

Conference · Mon Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1979

OSTI ID:6819554

Mitchell, E J ^[1]

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1. ed.

The papers presented at a conference sponsored by the American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research are published in this volume. An analysis of proposals for industry reform and reorganization of the pipeline industry is presented. Topics covered include: the case for divestiture; the pipeline undersizing argument and the record of access and expansion in the oil pipeline industry; the regulation of oil pipelines; and its effectiveness; appraising alternatives to regulation for natural monopolies; and pipelines and public policy supplements include: testimony given before the Senate Committee on Antitrust and Monopoly concerning oil company ownership of pipelines; Federal Energy Regulatory Commission statement on the treatment of certain production-related costs for natural gas to be sold and transported through the Alaska Natural Gas Transportation System; an analysis of the rates of return on petroleum pipeline investment; and the industrial structure of oil pipeline industry. (DMC)

• OSTI ID: 6819554
• Report Number(s): CONF-7903139-
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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